This is #1 in a series on seven tensions that lead to common misunderstandings about strategy. --- Strategy is not the same as planning The line between strategy and planning (or“strategic planning”) is often blurry in organisations — more on why that is later. But it pays to be very clear about what strategy is and how it is fundamentally different from planning. Planning must come after strategy Planning is selecting and deciding the order of actions in already-interpreted situations,...
